Universal #261

Legacy number: 261

 Number  261
 Original  In ergative languages personal verb affixes are arranged such that the object marker almost always precedes the subject marker.
 Standardized  IF alignment is predominantly ergative, THEN of verbal person markers those for object (if present) almost always precede those for subject.
 Formula  ergative language ⇒ ObjectSubject markers
 Keywords  alignment, ergative, verb, person, affix-order, subject, object
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  different language families in Klimov 1973
 Source  Klimov 1973: 102

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Discussion
Counterexamples
The so-called suffixal languages of Australia (Klimov 1973)